Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart Held Their Weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday Evening when 3,037 sheep where forward consisting of 2331 Prime Lambs, 311 Store Lambs and 395 Cast Sheep.

Prime lambs

Kirkby Stephen had an SQQ average of 384p/kg and an overall sale average of 361p/kg and £162.84 per head.

Topping the sale at £270 was a 89kg Texel lamb from Messrs Porter, Knock Cross Cottage, Long Marton. This home sold other heavy weight Texel lambs to make £240, £239 and £235.

Topping on price per kilo at 525.6p was a pen of eleven 39kg Beltex cross lambs making £205 from Messrs Foster, Fordham Farm, York. This home also sold a pen of nine 40kg lambs to make £209 (522.5p/kg) other pens of Beltex cross lambs selling for £210 (488.4p) for a pen of eleven at 43kg, £201 (456.8p/kg) for a pen of ten at 44kg, £195 (475.6p/kg) for a pen of sixteen 41kg and a pen of eight at 41kg making £194 (473.2p/kg).

The consignment of one hundred Beltex cross lambs from this home sold to average 42.6kg £196.98 (461.7p/kg)

Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside sold a 54kg Beltex cross lamb to make £228 (422.2p/kg), with another 49kg Beltex cross lamb selling to make £218 (444.9p/kg) both selling to Dowding Butchers, Appleby.

Messrs Barnes, Hawkin Hall, Carnforth sold a pair of 56kg Beltex cross lambs to make £219 (391.1p/kg) with a 42kg Beltex cross lambs from this home making £212 (504.8p/kg) and a 50kg Beltex cross lamb making £202 (404p/kg). Texel lambs from this home sold to £187 for a pen of six at 50kg.

Messrs Dodd, Skylin, Temple Sowerby sold a pen of six 43kg Beltex lambs to make £201 (467.4p/kg).

Messrs Slater, Whitley Hey Farm, Macclesfield sold a pen of twenty 39kg Beltex cross lambs to make £196 (502.6p/kg).

Messrs Platt, Far Whittles Farm, Cheshire sold a pen of nineteen 39kg Beltex cross lambs to make £195 (500p/kg) with another pen of nineteen 40kg Beltex cross lambs from this home sold to £184.50 (461.3p/kg).

Charlotte and Georgia Davies, Top Field Farm, Leicester sold a pen of five 39kg to make £192 (492.3p/kg), this home also sold a pen of seventeen 40kg beltex lambs to make £188.

Messrs Jenkinson, Clifton Moor, Penrith sold a pen of twenty-five 55kg Texel cross lambs to make £192.

Messrs Pickard, Cheney House Farm, Leicestershire sold a pen of twenty-two 41kg Beltex lambs to make £188 (458.5p/kg).

Suffolk lambs sold to £202 for a pen of 64kg from Messrs Todd, Victoria Cottages, Bishop Auckland with a pen of twenty-two 54kg Suffolks from this home selling to £178.50 (330.6p/kg) and a pen of twenty-one 53kg Suffolks making £175.50.

Messrs Hodgson, White House, Glassonby sold a pen of twenty 52kg Suffolk to make £170.50 (327.9p/kg).

Messrs Patterson, Coupland Beck Farm, Appleby sold a pen of seven 46kg Suffolk lambs to make £157 (341.3p)

Mule lambs sold to £167 for a pen of fourteen at 53kg from Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon.

Cheviot lambs sold to £160 (307.7p/kg) for a pen of six from Messrs Wilson, Low Farm, Gamblesby.

Swaledale lambs sold to £136 for a pair of 43kg lambs from Messrs Jopling, Holly Cottage Barn, Nateby.

Tot Hds		Weight	P/Kg	Average	Vendor
5	@	75.6kg	314.5p	£237.80	J Porter, Long Marton
100	@	42.6kg	461.7p	£196.98	CW Foster, York
29	@	40.7kg	475.4p	£193.45	GE&VH Slater & Sons, Macclesfield
3	@	57kg	338.6p	£193.00	MF&KC Stobart, Middleton in Teesdale
17	@	49.2kg	391.4p	£192.47	B&AC Barnes, Middleton
10	@	48.3kg	397.9p	£192.20	G Sowerby, Ormside
17	@	44.6kg	419.5p	£187.29	JS&JO Dodd, Temple Sowerby
40	@	41.9kg	443.9p	£186.35	C&G Davies, Leicester
61	@	41.6kg	451.8p	£183.48	GW&MA Platt, Cheshire
13	@	44.2kg	412.7p	£182.54	J Irvine, Tow Law
131	@	43.6kg	410.5p	£179.02	WF & RCM Pickard, Leicestershire
17	@	50.6kg	351.7p	£177.94	MR J F Weighell, Barnard Castle
105	@	49.7kg	354.8p	£176.31	MESRS Jenkinson, Penrith

Cast Ewes

Topping the cast ewes was a pair of Texel cross ewes from C&G Davies, Top Field Farm, Gaddesby reaching £258.

This home also sold a pair of Texel cross ewes to achieve £248.

Messrs Porter, Knock Cross Cottage, Appleby sold Texel ewes to £256.

Ian Cowperthwaite, Great View, Barnard Castle sold a pair of Texel cross ewes to £252.

Messrs Guy, Fountain Head, Barnard Castle also sold Texel cross ewes to make £227.

Messrs Slater & Sons, Whiteley Hey Farm, Macclesfield sold a pen of three Beltex cross ewes to £227 and another Beltex ewe to £215.

Suffolk ewes topped at £195 from Messrs Pedley, Wood House Farm, Kirkby Stephen.

Mule ewes topped at £174 from Messrs Little, Row End Farm, Kirkby Stephen.

Zwartable ewes sold to £160 from Messrs Gale, Sunbiggin Farm, Penrith.

Cheviot Mule ewes sold to £146 for a pen of eighteen from Messrs Patterson, Coupland Beck Farm.

Swaledale ewes sold to £142 for a pair from Messrs Buckle, Bleathgill, Kirkby Stephen.

Messrs Harker, Murton Hall, Appleby In Westmorland sold a pen of nine Swaledale ewes to £130.

Messrs Brogden also sold a pair of Swaledale ewes to £130.

Scotch Blackface ewes sold to £120 for a pen of three from NI Allonby, Kirkby Stephen.

Cast Rams

Cast Rams topped at £229 for a Texel tup from Messrs Guy, Fountain Head, Barnard Castle.

Swaledale Rams sold to £148 for a pen of three from Messrs Brogden, Helbeck Farm, Kirkby Stephen.

Store Lambs

Beltex Store lambs topped the sale at £155 for a pen from Messrs Kirby, Riverside Cottages, Kirkby Stephen.

Messrs Knowles, Town Foot, Applebv In Westmorland sold a pen of ten Beltex cross lambs to £141.

A&R Steel, Low Hall, Kirkby Stephen also sold a pen of Beltex cross lambs to £140.

Mule lambs where next to top at £137 for a pen of six from Messrs Kirby, Riverside Cottages, Kirkby Stephen.

Messrs Stephenson, Pikestone Farm, Bishop Auckland sold a pen of twenty five mule lambs to make £114.

Lleyn store lambs topped at £123.50 for a pen from Messrs Brass, Espland, Appleby In Westmorland.

Swaledale store lambs reached £84 for a pen of five from Messrs Wilson, Arngill House, Barnard Castle.

The next sale date for store lambs here at Kirkby Stephen will be Tuesday 22^nd September 2026 to include the show pens of 10 Beltex sired lambs.

Prime lambs

Price per head

TEXEL: £270, £240, £239, £235, £205 Knock Cross Cottage.  £209 Waters Farm.  £204 West Briscoe.  £203, £188, £185, £176.50 Cheney House Farm.  £193 Grains O Beck.  £192, £177 Clifton Moor.  £189 Martindale Farm.  £189 Abbey Farm.  £188 Barrowmoor Farm.  £188, £187 Eden Flatt.  £187 Whiteley Hey Farm.  £187 Hawkin Hall.  £181(x2) Terrys Farm.  £180, £177 Sunnyside.  £180 East Todholes.  £179 Far Whittles Farm.  £177 Marriforth.  £175(x2) Staingills.  £175 Park House Farm.  BELTEX: £228, £218, £188 Terrys Farm.  £219, £212, £202, £189(x2) Hawkin Hall.  £210, £209, £205, £201, £195, £194, £188(x2), £187 Fordham Farm.  £201, £191, £185 Skylin.  £199, £192, £188 Cheney House Farm.  £196, £188 Whiteley Hey Farm.  £196 Abbey Farm.  £195 Far Whittles Farm.  £195, £190, £187 Marriforth.  £194, £185 Staingills.  £194 Mill House Farm.  £193, £192, £188 Top Field Farm.  £191 Bonnygate Farm.  £190 Orchard Farm.  £190 Greenside Farm.  £186, £185 Matfen Estate Office.  £186 Whitewall Farm.  £185 Goodlie Hill Cottage.  SUFFOLK: £202, £178.50, £175.50 Victoria Cottages.  £191, £164 Wood House Farm.  £190 Snow Hall Farms.  £176.50, £155 Marriforth.  £170.50 White House.  £161 Green Croft.  £160, £153.50 Bowes Cross Farm.  £159, £157 Miller Hill.  £157 Coupland Beck Farm.  £154.50 East Todholes.  £151 Moorriggs.  £150 William House.  BLUE TEXEL: £190, £161 Hawkin Hall.  £188, £177, £162 Clifton Moor.  £177 Wood House Farm.  £171 Bonny Rigg.  CHAROLLAIS: £183, £170, £162, £159.50, £150 East Todholes.  £172, £152 Bonnygate Farm.  £169, £168 Orchard Farm.  ROUGE : £171 Bowes Cross Farm.  ZWARTBLES: £170, £156 East Lowfields.  MULE: £167, £147.50 Marriforth.  £140 Wood House Farm.  ROMNEY: £166.50, £160 Breaks Hall.  HILL CHEVIOT: £160 Low Farm.  CHEVIOT MULE: £156.50 Windygate.  DUTCH SPOTTED: £148.50 Low Hall.  ROUGH FELL: £142 Waterhouses.  SWALEDALE: £136, £120 Holly Cottage Barn.  HEBRIDEAN: £128 Croup Farm.  BLACKFACE: £120 Laneside.

Prime lambs

Price per kilo

BELTEX: 525.6p, 522.5p, 488.4p, 475.6p, 473.2p, 456.8p Fordham Farm.  504.8p Hawkin Hall.  502.6p Whiteley Hey Farm. 500p, 461.3p Far Whittles Farm.  492.3p, 470p, 442.5p Top Field Farm.  480p, 458.5p, 443.9p Cheney House Farm.  477.5p Bonnygate Farm.  468.4p Moorriggs.  467.4p Skylin.  461.9p Staingills.  453.8p Barnskew.  453.7p, 440.5p, 436.9p Matfen Estate Office.  452.4p Orchard Farm.  452.4p, 445.2p Marriforth.  444.9p, 437.2p Terrys Farm.  440.9p Mill House Farm.  431.8p Greenside Farm.  430p Goodlie Hill Cottage.  BLUE TEXEL: 438.5p Bonny Rigg.  437.2p, 405p Clifton Moor.  413p Hawkin Hall.  CHAROLLAIS: 409.5p Bonnygate Farm.  361.7p East Todholes.  357.4p Orchard Farm.  TEXEL: 406.8p Far Whittles Farm.  406.5p Whiteley Hey Farm.  396.6p, 379.5p, 377.5p, 363.4p, 362.2p Marriforth.  395.2p, 392.9p, 385.7p, 363.1p Matfen Estate Office.  392.7p, 384.6p Porthy Green.  388.4p Goodlie Hill Cottage.  383.7p, 364.4p Eden Flatt.  383.3p High Corn Park.  380.7p Bowes Cross Farm.  380.4p(x2), 380p Staingills.  379.6p Knock Cross Cottage.  374.4p, 370p, 361.5p Cheney House Farm.  374p Hawkin Hall.  373.3p Clifton Moor.  362.2p Barnskew.  362.2p Friendship Farm.  DUTCH SPOTTED: 380.8p Low Hall.  ROUGE : 371.7p Bowes Cross Farm.  SUFFOLK: 341.3p Coupland Beck Farm.  339.3p Snow Hall Farms.  338.3p Miller Hill.  337p Marriforth.  335.6p Moorriggs.  335.1p, 334.7p Wood House Farm.  331.1p, 330.6p Victoria Cottages.  CHEVIOT MULE: 326p Windygate.  ROMNEY: 320.2p Breaks Hall.  SWALEDALE: 316.3p, 279.1p Holly Cottage Barn.  HILL CHEVIOT: 315.9p Low Farm.  MULE: 315.1p, 307.3p Marriforth.  304.3p Wood House Farm.  300p West Briscoe.  HEBRIDEAN: 290.9p Croup Farm.  ROUGH FELL: 289.8p Waterhouses.  BLACKFACE: 285.7p Laneside.

Cast Sheep

Cast Ewes

TEXEL: £258, £248 Top Field Farm. £256 Knock Cross Cottage. £252 Greta View. £227 Fountain Head. £221, £208 Cheney House Farm. £220 Wood House Farm.  £219 Row End Farm. £219 High Griseburn.  £205 Park House Farm. BELTEX: £227, £215 Whiteley Hey Farm. £190 Sunnyside. SUFFOLK: £195 Wood House Farm.  £190 Knock Cross Cottage.  MULE: £174 Row End Farm. £150 Friendship Farm.  BLUE TEXEL: £171 Brough. £157 Mill House Farm. £154 Barrowmoor Farm.  ZWARTBLES: £160 Sunbiggin Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £150(x2) Barrowmoor Farm.  CHEVIOT MULE: £146 Coupland Beck Farm.  SWALEDALE: £142, £116 Bleathgill.  £130, £110 Helbeck Farm.  £130 Murton Hall.  £126 Lanehead Farm.  £111 Wood House Farm.  BLACKFACE: £120 Laneside.  ROUGH FELL: £112 Low Deepslack.  HERDWICK: £92 Nags Head Farm.

Cast Rams

TEXEL: £229 Fountain Head. £224 Low Deepslack. £190 Park House Farm. ZWARTBLES: £160 Sunbiggin Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £160 Lockthwaite. BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £160 Park House Farm.  SWALEDALE: £148 Helbeck Farm.

Store Lambs

BELTEX: £155, £129 Riverside Cottages. £141, £128 Town Foot. £140 Low Hall. £121 Arngill House.  MULE: £137 Riverside Cottages. £114 Pikestone Farm. LLEYN: £123.50, £109 Espland. TEXEL: £123, £113 Riverside Cottages. £121 Low Hall. £116 Arngill House. £115 Stephens Farm. £113 Espland.  £110 Manor Court. DUTCH SPOTTED: £117 Low Hall. CHAROLLAIS: £117 Bank Cottage. SUFFOLK: £116 Low Hall. HILL CHEVIOT: £100 Greenmount Farm. BLACKFACE: £96 Bank Cottage. SWALEDALE: £84 Arngill House. ROUGH FELL: £72 Heather Lea.